'I brought down Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell' Ash Regan claims resignation sparked downfall

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An Alba leadership contender has claimed she brought down Nicola Sturgeon as SNP First Minister and her husband Peter Murrell.

Ash Regan said her resignation from government over Sturgeon’s gender reform plans set in train Sturgeon’s downfall.The MSP also said her rival for the Alba crown, Kenny MacAskill, found it hard to “cut through” when he was an MP.Regan was Sturgeon’s community safety minister before quitting in 2022 in protest at plans for gender self-ID for trans people.

She unsuccessfully stood for the SNP leadership when Sturgeon quit months later and eventually defected to the pro-independence Alba.She is now a candidate in the race to become Alba leader after Alex Salmond died of a heart attack.In an interview with the Record, Regan said being Alba’s only parliamentarian would be a huge advantage as leader. “If you are in the Scottish Parliament, you have the ability to set the political weather,” she said.“It’s almost impossible to do that if you are not elected.

You do not have that platform and you are not in the Scottish Parliament.”She is also running on her record and is claiming three major political scalps.